Crop Sampler

Fantastic opportunity to earn this summer, gain an insight into the inner workings of one of the UK's leading Agricultural companies and learn about the journey your morning slice of toast and bowl of cereal has made

Each summer at Harvest (July to September) our farmer customers are at their busiest and will be combining their ripened fields of cereal crops (wheat, oats and barley) bringing these crops in ready to be sold and transported to food producers, be it flour mills within the UK and Europe for bread making or for breakfast cereals or perhaps brewing beer.

We provide our farmer customers with an on-farm sampling service with a temporary summer team who drive out to the farms located across the southern region of the UK that we service (East and West Sussex, Kent, Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset) and relative to each Samplers home address. The Samples will collect small bags of crop samples and return these to our laboratory in Chichester or Somerset (depending on region), where they will be quality tested and we can ascertain their value before buying the crop to transport it on to the food producer.

We are looking for a Sampler to join the team who is based around Tunbridge Wells / A21 area and able to return samples to our site at Shoreham Port, or to our Easterly team.

The Company will provide a van, daily work schedule and Sampling equipment to each Sampler as well as full instruction on how to collect and handle crop samples while on farm, adhering to our health and safety protocols.

There are some physical demands to the role, fields may need to be walked to reach crops and there could be a grain pile to scramble up to collect the quality sample we need from inside the grain pile for an accurate test result.

Samplers also need to be confident drivers and must hold a UK drivers' license and be able to plan out their daily route to collect samples in the most efficient way.

**To Apply**:
Your Covering Letter should tell us more about you and why you feel this is the right opportunity for you this summer.

You will need to hold a Full UK Drivers license and be able to walk fields if needs be.

**More About Bartholomews**:
Our vision is '_Leading in our field, developing a sustainable Agri Food Chain' and as _an integral part of the food chain, our mission is to connect growers with UK and European consumers, adopt new technologies and always strive for sustainable food security.

As a main contributor in the UK agri-foods sector, headquartered in Chichester, West Sussex, operating across the southern counties of England we are a business built on perpetuity, first established in 1883 and we are continuing to grow.

The business provides a range of agricultural services and essential supplies to the farming community including the sale and marketing of grain, the sale and supply of seed, the manufacture and supply of fertilisers, crop protection products and animal, birdseed, and game feeds. We also provide technical advisory agronomy service to our customers, and we are engaged in ongoing research and development through our crop trials and programs.

Our new centre at Merston near Chichester combined with those of Shoreham Silos Services Ltd, Ultimate Fertilizers Ltd and Churchill Freight Services Ltd makes us proportionately the best resourced Agrifood business in the United Kingdom.

**Our Core Values**:
Perpetuity - privately owned, always independent & equipped for the future.

Team - working together & winning together.

Integrity -Honesty, honour & flexibility everyday.

Sustainability - working with stakeholders to develop leading solutions with fewer resources.

Equitable - by offering equal value and terms, we build long-lasting relationships.